Top 5 most overrated boxers of All Time

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  1. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Dude, you totally disassociate Hagler, Hearns, and Benitez with Leonard's resume. ...Justify that, please.
     
  2. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Aaaahhhhhh......


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  3. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I like Jackson too. he is one of my idols growing up. When we lost Tony Ayala the sport was in serious need of its next big KO artist

    How come we dont got more Julian Jackson fans on ESB?
     
  4. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    I like Jackson a lot. Mad respect for being the KO artist that he was. Can't give him too much credit for the one above though, being as the opponent's jaw was made of paper mache'. Hell, even a blown up, shop-worn Welterweight like Simon Brown could crack it with a simple jab. I'd be surprised if that Norris guy had any nuthuggers.
     
  5. BENNY BLANCO

    BENNY BLANCO R.I.P. Brooklyn1550 Full Member

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    Jackson gets all the credit in the world from me for beating Norris, it takes a special fighter to beat Norris and Jackson was one of them, too bad Jackson lost to Quincy Taylor, but on the positive side of things Norris whooped Quincy Taylor and was the man who took Quincy's undefeated record.
     
  6. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ask Hearns and Mugabi how "broken down" he was. :lol:

    Who's seconds? :lol: He hadn't lost a fight in a decade.

    You mean at a time when Leonard was given the least chance he ever was to beat him?

    Why? Nunn wasn't any better or more accomplished than Hagler had been.

    That's because it's only logical and sensible to be impressed with a guy who comes straight off a layoff and eye surgery and wins a fight he's not supposed to.
     
  7. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's because you're a fool.

    And Leonard overcame Benitez, Hearns, Duran, etc., etc.

    Yes, who Pipino Cuevas wasn't good enough to. :lol:
     
  8. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You mean the way we can look at Hagler's previous fights with Hearns and Mugabi and see the human destroyer in action? :deal


    We did.

    ''Leonard was a step slower and was getting hit with punches that he used to elude easily before.''
    -Eddie Futch, December 7, 1989


    "After nine years the rematch between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran was just what a fight fan should have expected: two middleweights who were nine years older, a little slower and a little richer than they were at their last encounter."
    -The NY Times, December 10, 1989


    "But in recent bouts Leonard has appeared vulnerable to time and other men's ambition. He has suffered knockdowns and has been cut, and there are signs in Leonard's eyes that have some observers believing he is headed for a fall."
    -Phil Berger, February 8, 1991


    "Ray Leonard is pushing it by taking on me. His good days are behind him."
    -Terry Norris



    Nice to know this matter is settled.

    :hi:
     
  9. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    most of times , decisions , and especially close decisions which split decisions are 1 type of them are wrong.
    one could make a thread about it , maybe i would.
    examples , i bet you can give plenty yourself
    toney vs. mccallum (the first 2 fights)
    griffin vs. toney (both fights)
    toney vs. jonson , tiberi , merqui sosa
    peter vs. toney
    calzaghe vs. hopkins
    trinidad vs. delahoya
    delahoya vs. sturm , quartery
    pacquiao vs. marquez (i think pac should have won their first fight also )
    castro vs. johnson (both fights)
    leonard vs. hagler
    dawson vs. johnson (first fight)
    louis vs. walcott (first fight)
     
  10. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So you give Leonard credit for his stoppage wins over Hearns, Duran, and Benitez then? :deal
     
  11. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He overcame Duran remember? Oh wait, no you don't. You have selective memory. He made the most overrated ******* of all time quit like a coward in the middle of a fight...

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPoWrWwwi8M[/ame]

    He overcame Hearns remember? The scariest fighter of all time. Oh wait...

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN26fJqvoRQ[/ame]
     
  12. thesham01

    thesham01 Undisputed Champion Full Member

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    redrooster getting owned again

    life is good
     
  13. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Duran overrated?

    Duran is the king of kings in boxing.

    There is no way that Leonard is better than Duran, Duran took on a prime Hagler, Leonard did not. Leonard is a great fighter as shown in his bout's with Benitez, Hearns (1st) and Duran (1st), but he is no Duran.
     
  14. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Jut got Durans carrer set and are going through his fights, will watch at least one of them today.

    His bout with Barkley was great.

    :good:good:good
     
  15. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    According to redrooster, he never gets owned, and the forum gets "quiet" after he posts.

    So apparently, this thread does not exist, nor has it ever existed. :nut